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119-s-119119th Congress

No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act

Sponsored By: Senator Risch, James E. [R-ID]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would end the federal collection and retention of firearm transaction records from businesses that close, and require destruction of records already held. It targets the rules that govern what out-of-business federal firearms licensees must do with transaction records and how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives handles those records going forward.

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  • Out-of-business federal firearms licensees: They would no longer be required to deliver firearm transaction records from closed businesses to the ATF.
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF): The ATF Director would be required to destroy records the agency collected that relate to closed dealers and eliminate statutory retention provisions. The bill sets a 90-day deadline for that destruction after enactment.
  • Congress and oversight: The ATF Director must send Congress a written report that counts how many records were destroyed, creating a post-destruction accounting.

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Destroy federal firearm transaction records

If enacted, this bill would require the ATF Director to destroy each firearm transaction record delivered to the Attorney General under 18 U.S.C. § 923(g)(4). Destruction would have to be completed not later than 90 days after enactment. The bill would remove the statutory text that allowed the government to keep discontinued-firearms-business files and would end that federal collection and retention going forward. ATF would also have to send Congress a written report saying how many records it destroyed.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Risch, James E. [R-ID]

ID • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]

    WY • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]

    ID • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2026

  • Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2026

  • Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 4/15/2026

  • Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 7/14/2026

  • Sen. Graham, Darline [R-SC]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 7/28/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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